West Coast Rappers Dogg the LAPD Over Shootings, But Its Not What You Think

An impromptu call to action posted on The Game’s Instagram page Friday morning asked for black, Mexican and men of all races to meet at Joe’s Auto Park Parking 1221 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles, California yesterday morning for Operation H.U.N.T. H.U.N.T., short for: “Hunt Us Down Not Today/Hurt Us Not Today.”

The event was put together by organizers, which included the Nation of Islam, just before dawn. The group planned to march from the meeting location to the Los Angeles Police Department’s headquarters to “make the Californian government & it’s law branches aware that from today forward, we will be UNIFIED as minorities & we will no longer allow them to hunt us or be hunted by us !!!”

A photo posted by The Game (@losangelesconfidential) on Jul 8, 2016 at 6:47am PDT

“The mission is to reintroduce our community to the LAPD… just to get some understanding and dialogue,” Snoop said. “We’re the ones they’re going to be dealing with, we’re the ones that are going to be pulled over. … We’re here on peace.”

The Game addressed recent shootings, both civilian and law enforcement, saying, “I would be lying to you if I didn’t say I was saddened by what happened in Dallas. I would be lying to you if I didn’t say I was angered about what occurred in Minnesota and Louisiana and Fresno. The cops that died in Dallas weren’t the cops that shot and killed Philando or Alton. As much as Philando and Alton didn’t deserve that, those cops in Dallas didn’t deserve that. And the only thing I could think of was to initiate peace on both sides, so that’s why I’m here.”

The group said they were unaware that a LAPD recruit graduation ceremony was also taking place at police headquarters, and that Police Chief Charlie Beck and Mayor Eric Garcetti would be in attendance. But the groups took advantage of the opportunity, when the police chief and mayor invited the rappers to down for a 30-minute meeting.

“We are all furious about what has happened to this conversation – that there is no dialogue, that is it becoming a screaming contest from opposite sides of the room,” the chief continued. “It can’t be that. The way to solve problems is to sit down, to look them in the eye and work it out.”

“I know that together we can unify Los Angeles,” The Game said. “And that in turn will unify other states and cities.”